Whale Road Review
Literary Magazine
Whale Road Review publishes poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that don’t demand too much time up front, but somehow leave readers changed. We hope readers of all sorts will enjoy these short pieces in stolen moments—waiting in line, using the restroom, riding a train, steeping tea.
Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: 45 days*/Editor reported data61 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 2.13%*Chill Subs tracker stats
PaysNo
FeeNo
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental
Fiction - 500 words max
Max words: 500
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary, Experimental
Nonfiction
No specific limitations
Nonfiction - 500 words max
Max words: 500
Max pieces: 3
Poetry
Min pieces: 3
Max pieces: 5
Review
Max words: 300
Max words: 500
Interview
No specific limitations
How to submit
Processs
Email
Cover letter
For all submissions, please include the number and titles of submitted pieces along with a brief third-person bio (50-word max) in the body of the email.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
File format should be .doc, .docx, or .rtf.
Author's rights
Whale Road Review asks for first-time rights and acknowledgement as the first place of publication. Published pieces will be archived on the website.
Additional info
Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Promote writers even after publication - hype hype hype Helpful: reposting other opportunities on their Twitter:)
Tracker statistics
87
Total submissions tracked
61 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
6 days
Fastest response time
322 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 664805 days
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Submission calls
December reading period
All genres
About
This journal takes its name from an old kenning. The ocean is the whale road. Whale road. Those words conjure an image of whales moving in patterns through the waters of the world. “Whale road” makes me re-see the ocean. Whale Road Review publishes poetry, flash fiction, and micro essays that don’t...
Read moreFounded
2015
Country
US
Masthead
Katie Manning
Editor-in-Chief
Aliah Fabros
Assistant Editor